Staking or perching machine.



B. TURNER. STAKING OR PEBGHING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED'FEB. 15, 19o5.- RENEWED AUiG.28,19

Pateguted Feb 6, 1912.

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\X/ITNEESEE: TNVENT W. B. TURNER. STAKING'OR PERCHING MAGHINE.

, .QPPLICATION FILED 1113.15, 1905.v RENEWED AUG. 28, 1911. 1,0153% I I Patented Feb.6,1912.

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W. B. TURN-ER. S TAKING OR PERGHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB.15, 1905., RENEWED AUG. 28, 1911.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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\XATNESE'JESZ W. B. TURNER. smx me 0R PEROHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED P1313. 15, 1905. RENEWED 1106.28, 1911.

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W. B. TURNER STAKING 0R PERGHING MACHINE. APPLIOATIORIILED 11311.15, 1905. RENEWED we; 28. 1911.

Patented Feb. 6,1912. s snn ncrs' sunm 6 llllllll/l/ To all whom'z't may concern: i v

' ing or Perching Machines. of which th UNITED s NING IWA CHTN ERY COIVIPA MAINE.

ATES J Specification of Letters Patent.

ra EN OFFICE} LWILLIAM B; TURNER, or mangoes; lvrAssAoiinsn'rms, Assienoitiio rHE TURNER TAN- Y, or PEABODY,"MASSACHUSETTSZ A CORPORATION or 1 sTaKING or. PERCHING MAC IN Patented net). 6, 1912.

Application filed FebruarylEL 190 5; SeriaI'No; 245,708. 4 Renewed .August 28, 1911 Serial- No. 646,415.

Be it known that I, VVi LIAM B. TUR'SER, of Melrose, in the county of'Middles'ex and State of Massachusetts, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in St:

lowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to staking or perching machines. and it has for its object to provide a machine which will accomplish the operation of stretching and softening the leather and opening the pores thereof, as

nearly as possible likethe'hand operation.

A further object. of the inventionis to,

provide a machine which more highly eiiictent than, those hitherto constructed which is simple in construction and which operates swiftly and noiselessly without jar.

Of the accompanying draw,ings:Figure 1 1s a right side'elevat-ion of a staking ma- -chine,, constructed lIi' accordance with the invention;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation Fig. 4: is a ver-. 'tical section on the line H of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a'vertical section on the front end of the machine, showing on a larger scalethe' Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

parts in the same position as in Fig.1, ('see line of Fig. 3). 'Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 66 of Fig.2,

except that theparts arein another position. Fig. 7 is a face view of the two'cooperating staking members. Fig. 8 illustrates the position of the staking-members during the return stroke. i

- The samereference characters indicate the same parts or featur'es, wherever they occur.

The machine illustrated on the drawings as embodying the invention comprises a frame having side standards 10 11 connected by suitable cross-braces. At the rear'end ofv the standard 10 there is a .main shaft 12 I which is journaled in bearings 13 afforded from frontto rear. saidguides IS a slide or carriage 17. The

by the standard 10 and by a bracket attached thereto. The said'shaft 12 is driven by a pinion 141 and a gear 1 1 from a pulley .shaft lowhich is adapted to be driven in the usual way by a belt. The shaft 12 transmits motion to the staking member, as will be subsequently explained. The side standards 10 and 11 are provided. on their inner faces with guides 16. 16 extending horizontally Slidingly mounted in said carriage is provided with a pin 19 which is pivoted the forwardend of apit v the shaft 12 midwaybetween' side standards l 10 and 11 The crank has a weighted arnr 9-) counterb ala'nces the weight of v the pitman and themech anism actuated 'by' the crank. I The forward end ofthe 'pitman 18 extends a short; distancebeyond the pin 19 and to it is secured a holder-231 which is adjustable longitudmally thereon. The said holder. is

"bent at'anv inclination and to it is rigidly and adjustably secured a Si-tilflllg'Ol' perch ing member which is herein termed a staklng-blade. The said blade extends from side to side of the frame and its upper or workingedge is convex as at 2i,.(see Fig. V

. As the shaft 12 rotates ,the carriage 17,75 1s reclprocated 1n the frame and the staking blade-is oscillated about t'he pin 19 and is also 'reciprocated longitudinally of the frame. This oscillation ofthe staking blade oauses a constantly Yarying inclination thereof relatively to the stretch'ed skin, for a ,purpose to be subsequently. explained. The

carriage 17 also carrles two idle rolls 25 and 26. mounted one above the other a'iidextend ing from side to side thereof. WOIk-SUPPOIt 27, of which the forward end is aflixed at 28 to the frame of the machine extends over the roll 25' and underthe roll 2 6 and is held taut by a spring 29 connected at its rear end to the rear end of. the frame. '90 By reason of this construction. the apron provides a Worlesupporting portion 30 between the front endofthe: frame and the staking-blade, a'nd inasmuch as the roll 25 moves horizontally with said blade and dc termines the length of said portion 30,- the operative portion ofthe apron. presents-a substantially stationary work-support whlch is increased and-decreased in length with the The reciprocation of the staking-blade. height of the portion 30 is such that during. the rearward or workingstroke of the blade; the edge 24 rises above the portion 30 on accountof its'oscill'ating' movement already mentioned, and during its forward or return stroke, the said edge rocks below the level of said portion, thereby avoiding contact with the skin 00 as shown byF g. The loose diametrically opposite thereto which- An apron or 85 endot' the skin,'during the return stroke of the ehafing-blade'e'xtends over the latter and rests upon the p'itman 18.

The staking -member wh'ch, eoiipe'rates' with the'blade 24 consists of a pad or clamp 50. It is formed with arigid back-' 'ingor body'of wood or: other suitable ma terial, and its fla t face is. covered with a layer of cushioning material, such: as felt,

1-0 hair, or the like, and'pa cover of suitable flexible wear res stmg materiai such as'soit'tv I leather. Preferably-the pad substantially rectangular in'face iew and it presentsa substantially. flat yielding surface for co aotion'w-ith the staking-b1ade23l "At eachend the body ofthe padsis suported by parallel links 51 0f equaldengt eonnected' thereto by pivot-pins 52352; The said links are pivotedbypins' 53 53 to two members 20,54, one at each end ofthe'pald, said mem-- 'bers ti'e'being pivotall mounted upon studs 55 on ahanger 43. The said members 54 f are adjustablefabout the stud 55 to adjust thelpad relatively the-staking blade, lieing-secured'aftei'adjustment' by screws 67 p which pass through fcurved slots in the said I members Connected-toth'e upper pin.

,52 are two threaded rods 56 which project upwardly@throtighfla-crossbar 57 extending from side to sideof the hanger '43. Nuts 58 on the -rbds56' bear against-the upper face of. the cross-bar. 57, and thereby"sup-' port the pad '50jwhich is otherwise loosely held .by 'the links'51." .By this construction. 353i'he .pad is adapted to'yield upwardly and backwardly by a parallel motion, therebylifting' he rods 56" relatively to the crossbar 57. v 'For'the purpose "of resisting the upward 0' and rearward movement'o f the pad the rods'56' are passed. loosely through a crossbar 60 and between said cross-bar'and ad- 'jus table nuts 61 on the rods '56 areplacedhelical springs 62 For the purpose of I 45 'varying'the tensionoli' these springs, a set screw 63 is threadedthrough the cross-bar 57 midway between the rods. 56- and bears v upon theupper face of the cross-bars 60. T The said set-screw is provided-with a milled 'head or'hand-wheel, and it is held. firmly against rotation under normalconditions by l i aspring' 65v which is coiled about it and compressed between the head and the cross} tively to the. blade-.and that the' pressure with which it is held in place-may be aried, as desired. W

to two substantially parallel members 33 v and 40 respectively. The lever 40 constitutes a staking armoriaw At its" rear end,

the link -33 1s :pivotallyconnected to the 55 pitman 18,said-pitman-being bent as shown bar. By virtue of this construction, it will 7 be seenthat the'pad may be adjusted rela The: hanger 43 comprises two side bars which are pivotally connected at 32 and 44 inFig. 6, and the pivot 34 being located at the bend. ,The lever 40,1-is fulcrumed upon a pin 4]. whichfis supported by a bracket 42 rising from the rear end of the pitman 18. .Thusthe two members 33 and 40 are both su'pportedby the p'itman's-o that as the pitman is actuated the crank, they are given a similar back and forward movement, and hence the reciprocation of the two. staking 'members- 1s" S11h11lta110llS..75

Novel mechanismis provided for moving said staking members into and out of 00- acting. elation This mechanism comprises {a path can1=37-wh ch is'rigidly secured to the crank pin, 20. In the face of this cam is the cam-path 371 into which projects a 11-01136 0n the shorter end' of. the lever40.

The pivot or fulcrum 41 for the lever 40 is. in 'a er ical transverse.plane slightly in adt 'anceiot tin?)- crank-pin 20, but somewhat in t-herearof the 'vertical transverse plane of the fulcrum orpiyot 34 for the link 83.

each rotation of the crank-shaft 12,

the cam 37 is caused to'makeoue rotationrelatively touthe roll 36, since the cam'and 90.

the erank-pi'n 20 are rigidly secured to the crank 21. The cam-path 371 which is more or less conventionally illustrated, 's so formed that prior to the'rearwardstroke. of

the members, the two members are caused to approach each other to approximately the position SllOWIrlll Fig. 6, and to remain closed until they have. nearly completed the pendicular' to the face of the pad, as well as amotioniinline's substantiallparallel to s'aidface, whereby the blade is caused to overlap the pad and-at the same time the pad is pressed yiel'dingly against the rear face of the blade so as to yieldingly grip "the skin. 3

The cotiperating faces of the two staking members are so adjusted that they are parallel through their operative stroke. 'Thls adjustment can be secured-through the mechanism previously referred to, including the members 54 and the bolts 67 passing through the slots-66. i

. The link 33 may be longitudinally adjusted by means of the stud 34 which is eccen-. trically constructed, so that, during they for- I ward thrust of the hanger 43, caused at the beginning of the working stroke by the differenee in length of the link as and the eg w -'of the said thrust.

- motion of the 40, the padO impinges upoh the skinoverhanging the blade 23 before the completion This effects a yielding allel links, as alreadystated, the parallel relation to the'pad and blade are unchanged.

The crank-shaft rotates-in the v('lirection'of the arrowin Fig. 6, and as the lower end ofthe pitman' drops through. an angle of 90 de-..

grees,the'coacting faces of the-blade and the pad are inclined farther andtfarther from the vertical and from" an iapproximately right'angle to the stretched skin' to an obtuse angle relatively thereto. This varying 'in- "clination of the faces of the members causes them to operate with the greatest efliciency upon theskin to soften it and open the pores thereof. 1

It is evident that the parts which the cam 37 has to move are nearly all on one side of the fulcra 41 and 34, so thattheir weight the plunger. This contrivance, in addition,

constitutes a heavy load on the cam." In or der to'relieve the cam of the greater part of' this dead weight, the .pitman is provided with a yielding cushion for supporting the lever 40,. and the parts carried thereby. Said cushion comprises'a plunger '71 pivoted at 72 to the lever'tOvand extending down- .wardly through an aperture in the lug 73'on the pitinan' 18. .The plunger is free to, move l'ehlfiwly hesaid lug, andis normally held upward by a helical spring 74 coiledthereabout and arranged between said lug and a nut or collar 75 ad ustably secured to to counterbalan'cing the weight of the lever 40, the hanger43', andthe link or lever 83, steadies all of these members and prevents rattling.

In order that the operator mayhold the skin against an abutment while the staking or perching members are operating on it, there is across the front of the frame a crossplate 171, secured to the side standard by bolts or screws, and having its upper portion swelled forwardly and covered with a'cushion or pad 170 of felt or other resilient or cushioning materlal. A rubber c over 172 is provided for the cushion, the lower edge of the cover being secured in place by a crossbar 173 through which are passed bolts 17st and the upper edge of which is folded around the upper edge ofthe plate 171 and 16, the machine is provided with lno'rahle guards which overlap the said gu ideways,

pad 50 relativelyv to the-hanger, but inasmuch as the said pad is hung on paras illustrated in Fig. {Upon the upper-edges of the standards arese'cured fiat supports 81 which project laterally therefrom to constiportion of the skinwhich projects laterally from the extensible apron or support; These stationary portions ofthe table are arranged,- so that their upper surfaces are substantially flush with the surface of'the operative portions of the apron. In accordance with-the foregoing descriptut'e lateral stationary wings tosupportthat tion, it will be seen that'thestaki'ng' Illellh bers are respectively supported by pivotallyconnected arms or jaws 18 and 40, to which the crank is directly connected, andth at-said arms' or jawsfiare openedand closed by upon the crank. lVhile I prefer to employ as an addition, the link 33, to cause a-bodily movement of the pad in lines angular to the facelofthe blade, yet if this were'omitted,

means, to wit,the cam, rigidly. secured the hanger 43 would be rigidly mounted on the end of the jaw 4G, and the, machine would operate, though perhaps not so sat-isfactorily as with the link. It has, in actual practice, been customary.

'in stakingor perching machines to employ a crank which was connected to the jawsor staking arms by 'a pitman, means being pro- .vided at the end of the pitman foropening and closing the a'ws, but in accordance with the present invent-ion, the crank is connected directly to one of the stakingjaws, which is itself the pitman, whereby I anr enabled to greatly reduce the length of the machine and to simplify the construction thereof.

By mounting the staking blade directly upon the end of the pitin'an, the oscillation,

aswell as the reciprocation of 't-helbladc is secured as hereinbefore described. Since thepad-c rrying jaw is mounted upon the pitmamtiat is, pivotally connectedto it, the'two jaws operate as a unit, whereby the faces of the padv and the'blade preserve their parallel relation during their operative stroke. i This parallel relation, however, is destroyed during the forward stroke of the members by providing the link 33, its proje'ction causing the members to first overlap and then to move to clamping relation.

It has hitherto been proposed to employ an extensible support in frontof the staking members to support the'skin but this was in connection with a table which pro ected rearwardly from the ]a\VS and not in connection with a blade somounted as to" drop below the surface of front of the members.

, By constructing theinachine as. herein described. with the operative portion of the support in parallelism with the side wings of the table. and without any support in the rear of the jaws. the skin is not carried the support in forward upon the return stroke of the menu,

hers, but is allowed to drop behind or in the main frame having guldeways, a slide in it is both'reciprocated and pivoted to the complemeritalto the blade pivoted to the ing member and l idly affixed to said lever for actuating it. 14. In a staking or perehing-"machine,

hanger or support- 'havin I over-t e edge of the blade against the face thereof, parallel links eonnecting the said exerting a tension I 15. In a "staking or perching-ma'chine, staking jaws, a blade on one of said'jaws, a

"of the blade.

a. pair of cooperating staking members comj'cIam'p to the hanger ,or holder and a i for saidclamp,

prising a movably Lng blade, and a resilient complemental memer. a member comprising parallel links, means for moving said resilient cooperative relation said parallel links tain said resilient lation to said staking-blade when in co6per- 13. In a staking or perehing machine, a said guideways, a shaft havlng a crank. a pitman connected to the crank, a pintle piv-' oting the pitman to the slide, a blade rigidly mounted on the end of said pitma'n whereby oscillated, alever a staking inember with said staking blade, being adapted to mainpitman,

said lever, a link pivoted to both said st=akthe pit -mamanda cam riging said members as a unit to operate upon the crank and engaging .the r the work. i 1 17. In a stak ng or perchlng machine, the combinatlon 'Wltl] a frame, a slldethereon,

staking'jaws, a blade on one of said jaws, a on the other jaw, a clamp a face for pressing askin'doubled" and carrying said blade, attached to said frame. and cooperating with said slide, with which it is in sliding engage- 2 p against said clamp:

front of said blade for the skin and a crank 'connected'to said ja-ws for operating them,

hanger or support on the other jaw, a clamp", said parts being constructed and arranged having aface for pressing a skin doubled over'the edge of the blade against the face thereof, parallel. links connecting the. said clamp to the'ha'nger'orholder, tensiodmeans and means for-adjusting said clamp angularly with reference to the face i 'signature,.in presence of two-witnesses.

\Vitnesses: 16. A stakingor perching machine having I M, B. MAY,

C. C.' STECHER.

and rig-idly mounted stakative relation therewith, and means for movmember into and out of 40 member parallel with 'restaking members of whichthe lower one has 'a blade, jaws supporting said lstaking'menp bers the lowenjaw being pivoted to said slide 5 i a flexible support -r'nent-td provide an extensible support-in whereby the operative edge of-the said blade -is oscillated at. points above and below the.

35 y1eld1ng .support for said resllient 

